People & Society Courses and Certifications

Applying your community engagement skills

5 ratings at OpenLearn

This free course is the final instalment of a set of 10 courses with the common theme of community engagement and leadership. In the previous 9 courses there has been the opportunity to build a ...

• OpenLearn
• 6 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Multimedia Journalism

289 ratings at Udemy

Learn to create impactful videos, photos, and podcasts using affordable tools. Enhance your storytelling skills and expand your journalism toolkit with practical, hands-on techniques.

• Udemy
• 1 hour 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

How to Learn from Free University Courses (Audit Classes Online)

3 ratings

Discover strategies for effectively auditing online computer science courses, from selecting topics to maximizing learning outcomes. Gain insights on leveraging free educational resources for self-directed study.

• freeCodeCamp
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Women in Economics

3 ratings

Explore groundbreaking work and inspirational journeys of female economists, serving as role models for the next generation in the field.

• Marginal Revolution University
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

PRDV102: Resume Writing

3 ratings

Learn essential skills for crafting compelling résumés and cover letters, from key components to enhancement techniques, to boost your job application success.

• Saylor University
• 8 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Beginners’ Spanish: Getting around

60 ratings at OpenLearn

Do you want to improve your language skills and communicate more easily and effectively in Spanish? This free course, Beginners’ Spanish: Getting around, concentrates on Spanish as a tool for ...

• OpenLearn
• 20 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

English in the world today

60 ratings at OpenLearn

How did English become the global force it is today? This free course, English in the world today, explores the status of the language and its worldwide diversity. It looks at how social and ...

• OpenLearn
• 8 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Forensic 365

Crime Scene Investigation and New Technologies - Dr. Carlos A. Gutierrez

7 ratings

Explore crime scene investigation basics, evidence handling, and cutting-edge technologies to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in forensic analysis and processing.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Exploring books for children: words and pictures

48 ratings at OpenLearn

Many people have fond memories of the stories they encountered in childhood, perhaps especially of those wonderful picture books and illustrated tales which fired our young imaginations and ...

• OpenLearn
• 8 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Succeeding in postgraduate study

48 ratings at OpenLearn

This free course, Succeeding in postgraduate study, will help you to become familiar with the requirements and demands of postgraduate study and to develop the skills and confidence to pursue your ...

• OpenLearn
• 24 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

It's Complicated - 375 Years of Women at Harvard

4 ratings

Historian Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz explores Harvard's complex 375-year relationship with women, from exclusion to gradual inclusion, highlighting the ongoing struggle for equity in higher education.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 33 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Jerusalem: What Sharing a City Means

4 ratings

Explore Jerusalem's complexities through a thought-provoking dialogue between Sari Nusseibeh and Homi Bhabha, delving into the challenges and possibilities of sharing this historic city.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 40 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Art and visual culture: medieval to modern

42 ratings at OpenLearn

What is art? What is visual culture? How have they changed through history? This free course, Art and visual culture: medieval to modern, explores the fundamental issues raised by the study of ...

• OpenLearn
• 10 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Exploring sport coaching and psychology

41 ratings at OpenLearn

This free course, Exploring sport coaching and psychology, investigates how scientific and management ideas contribute to success while also taking you on a journey through unique sporting case ...

• OpenLearn
• 24 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Stanford Seminar - Learning, Memory, and Metacognitive Control

4 ratings

Explore learning, memory, and metacognitive control through Stanford research on self-directed learning, crowd wisdom, and online cognitive task performance across age groups.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 1 minute
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course